Efficacy of a Self-Management Group Intervention for Elderly Persons With Chronic Pain
作者:
Mary Ersek,
Judith Turner,
Susan McCurry,
Laura Gibbons,
Beth Kraybill,
期刊:
The Clinical Journal of Pain
(OVID Available online 2003)
卷期:
Volume 19,
issue 3
页码: 156-167
ISSN:0749-8047
年代: 2003
出版商: OVID
关键词: chronic pain;elderly;randomized trial;self-management
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
ObjectivesTo assess the efficacy of a self-management group intervention in improving physical functioning, mood, and pain among elderly persons with chronic pain, and to identify factors that may be associated with improvement.Materials and MethodsForty-five residents of three retirement communities (86% women; mean age, 82.0 years) were assigned randomly to a 7-week pain self-management group or an educational booklet control condition. Participants completed self-report measures of pain, functioning, depression, and pain-related beliefs at baseline, 9 weeks later (after treatment), and 3 months after the post-treatment assessment.ResultsThe self-management group showed significantly greater pre- to post-treatment improvement in physical role function (P= 0.04) and characteristic pain intensity (P= 0.02). No significant differences were found between groups on measures of pain-related activity interference, depression, and pain-related beliefs. Improvement in characteristic pain and physical role function was not associated with baseline depression scores, pretreatment expectations, or changes in pain-related beliefs.DiscussionThis study provides preliminary support for the efficacy of a self-management group intervention for older adults with chronic pain and has implications for future studies of such approaches for this and similar populations.
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